Cortney Jordan

Cortney Jordan

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	24 June 1991 Las Vegas, Nevada
Height	5'3
Weight	130 lb (59 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, Freestyle, Medley
Coach	Brian Loeffler
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  United States Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing 50 metre freestyle S7 2008 Beijing 400 metre freestyle S7 2008 Beijing 100 metre freestyle S7 2012 London 50 metre freestyle S7 2012 London 100 metre freestyle S7 2012 London 400 metre freestyle S7 2008 Beijing 200 metre individual medley SM7 2012 London 100 metre backstroke S7 IPC World Championships 2010 Eindhoven 4x100m freestyle S7 2013 Montreal 400m freestyle S7 2013 Montreal 100m freestyle S7 2013 Montreal 50m freestyle S7 2015 Glasgow 100 m freestyle S7 2015 Glasgow 400 m freestyle S7 2010 Eindhoven 50m freestyle S7 2013 Montreal 100m backstroke S7 2015 Glasgow 50m butterfly S7 2015 Glasgow 50m freestyle S7 2006 Durban 50m freestyle S7 2006 Durban 100m freestyle S7 2006 Durban 400m freestyle S7 2010 Eindhoven 100m freestyle S7 2010 Eindhoven 400m freestyle S7 2010 Eindhoven 200m individual medley SM7 2013 Montreal 200m medley SM7 2015 Glasgow 200 m medley SM7 2015 Glasgow 100 m backstroke S7 Parapan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 50m freestyle S7 2011 Guadalajara 100m freestyle S7 2011 Guadalajara 200m individual medley SM7 2011 Guadalajara 100m backstroke S7 2011 Guadalajara 400m freestyle S7 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships 2014 Pasadena 400m freestyle S7 2014 Pasadena 100m freestyle S7 2014 Pasadena 50m freestyle S7 2014 Pasadena 100m backstroke S7 2014 Pasadena 50m butterfly S7 2014 Pasadena 200m individual medley SM7 2014 Pasadena 4x50m 20pt mixed freestyle relay S7 IPC World Championships - 25m 2009 Rio 50m freestyle 2009 Rio 100m freestyle 2009 Rio 200m freestyle 2009 Rio 200m individual medley FINA World Championships - 25m 2010 Dubai 4x100m individual medley

Cortney Jordan (born June 24, 1991^[1] in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American swimmer. She is the daughter of Jarrett and Nancy Jordan. She has one sibling (Mikaela Jordan).

Swimming career

Jordan broke onto the international swimming scene when she won bronze in the 50, 100, and 400 metre freestyles at 2006 World Championships. Two years later, she participated at the 2008 Summer Paralympics where she won two silver medals for 100 metres (330 ft) and 400 metres (1,300 ft) freestyles, a gold one for a 50 metres (160 ft) freestyle and for the same sport a bronze medal for 200 metres (660 ft). In 2009, she competed at 2009 Short course World Championships for 50, 100, and 400 freestyles and won silver for all of them. Next year, she was awarded with two gold medals for 4x100 individual medley and freestyle at 2010 World Championships. She also competed at ParaPan Pacific Games in 2011, where she won 3 silver medals for 50, 100, and 200 metre freestyles and an individual medley. The same year, she was awarded with two bronze medals in 400 metre freestyle and 100 metre backstroke. 2012 Summer Paralympics brought her 3 silver ones for 50, 100, and 400 metre freestyle and a bronze one for 100 metre backstroke.^[2] She has been swimming since she was seven years old.^[3]

References

1. "Corntey Jordan". paralympic.org. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
2. "Cortney Jordan". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
3. "Meet Cortney Jordan, Las Vegas Paralympian". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved October 27, 2012.